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Biden Says Israel Should Not Hit Iran’s Nuclear Program; Act ‘Proportionally’
Breitbart ^ | 10/02/2024 | Joel B. Pollak

Posted on 10/02/2024 11:59:08 AM PDT by ChicagoConservative27

U.S. President Joe Biden said Wednesday that Israel should not hit Iran’s nuclear program in responding to Tuesday’s ballistic missile attack by the Iranian regime.

On Tuesday, the U.S. and other allies assisted Israel in shooting down most of the 181 ballistic missiles fired by Iran, none of which caused injuries or deaths inside Israel.

However, the missile attack — the second in six months — sent the entire nation of Israel into bomb shelters.

Israel is determined to respond and says that it will do so in a place, time, and manner of its choosing. But the Biden administration, which told Israel to limit its response to the first attack in April, appears to want to restrain Israel again.

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TOPICS: Foreign Affairs; Government; News/Current Events; Politics/Elections
KEYWORDS: biden; iran; israel; nuclear
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Israel is doing just fine. They don't need your stupid comments.
1 posted on 10/02/2024 11:59:08 AM PDT by ChicagoConservative27
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To: ChicagoConservative27

We acted “proportionally” when we fought the Vietnam War. How did that come out for us?


2 posted on 10/02/2024 12:01:05 PM PDT by Fiji Hill
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To: ChicagoConservative27

Israel should threaten to give Iran a post-birth abortion in safe, legal, and rare fashion.


3 posted on 10/02/2024 12:01:45 PM PDT by Tell It Right (1 Thessalonians 5:21 -- Put everything to the test, hold fast to that which is true.)
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To: ChicagoConservative27

If Israel sent 180 ballistic missiles into Tehran…there would be no Tehran left.

Proportional would be devastating for the Mullahs.


4 posted on 10/02/2024 12:02:14 PM PDT by Vermont Lt (Don’t vote for anyone over 70 years old. Get rid of the geriatric politicians.)
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To: Vermont Lt

Does this mean kill Palestinians???? Asking for a friend


5 posted on 10/02/2024 12:03:23 PM PDT by SteelPSUGOP (UGHT)
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To: Vermont Lt

Israel is no doubt grateful none of the missiles were atomic or nuclear weapons.

Is Biden suggesting they wait until they’re nuked?


6 posted on 10/02/2024 12:04:49 PM PDT by TheDon (Resist the usurpers! Remember the J6 political prisoners!)
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To: ChicagoConservative27

Joe? Shut your sock puppet driven cake hole you feckless sphincter stain...


7 posted on 10/02/2024 12:05:38 PM PDT by Dead Corpse (A Psalm in napalm...)
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To: ChicagoConservative27

Once again Biden makes no sense.

What would be proportional, Joe? Perhaps a bottle dropped out of an airplane that contains a strongly worded letter?


8 posted on 10/02/2024 12:09:00 PM PDT by VeniVidiVici (Kamala Harris loves to give wet Willys)
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To: ChicagoConservative27
"U.S. President Joe Biden said Wednesday that Israel should not hit Iran’s nuclear program in responding to Tuesday’s ballistic missile attack by the Iranian regime."

Why, specifically?
Do people around the Biden regime want a nuclear armed Iran?

9 posted on 10/02/2024 12:11:06 PM PDT by Tench_Coxe (The woke were surprised by the reaction to the Bud Light fiasco. May there be many more surprises)
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To: ChicagoConservative27

So, Biden’s “advice” is to wait until Iran nukes Israel before Israel takes out Iran’s nuclear capabilities. You know, a proportional response. Sheece.

I’m surprised Israel hasn’t done it already, but I think it would take boots on the ground, not just missiles.


10 posted on 10/02/2024 12:12:40 PM PDT by libertylover (Our biggest problem, by far, is that almost all of big media is AGENDA-DRIVEN, not-truth driven.)
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To: ChicagoConservative27

Obama speaking through his puppet again. He wants that nuke program brought to fruition. Badly.


11 posted on 10/02/2024 12:13:36 PM PDT by Mr. Mojo
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To: Fiji Hill

Is “Proportionately” 200 ballistic missiles aimed at civilian population centers? Really?

People used to lament that “old powerful men” sent young men off to die in war.

Netanyahu and IDF have figured out how to make the OPM die in war.

My guess relatiation is a bunker buster taking out the top tier or two of mullahs and IRGC.


12 posted on 10/02/2024 12:16:24 PM PDT by RedElement
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To: ChicagoConservative27

It’s almost like the Democrats want to protect Iran’s nuke program ...

(no sarc)


13 posted on 10/02/2024 12:16:36 PM PDT by canuck_conservative (NATO - now celebrating 75 successful years of keeping the Russian monsters out!!)
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To: ChicagoConservative27

By “proportionately,” Biden probably means that Israel should also target 181 ballistic missiles on Israeli targets.


14 posted on 10/02/2024 12:18:12 PM PDT by sphinx
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To: ChicagoConservative27

Acting “proportionally” is key to not escalating a conflict, and it’s a noble trait of reasonable nation states that have faced aggression.

However, there is a big difference here.
The majority of countries in the past who have joined the nuclear club did so to maintain a deterrence against aggression.

The big difference is that Iran has proven that they are an aggression, and there are good indications that they will AT THE VERY LEAST leverage a nuclear deterrence capability in order to facilitate being more aggressive with conventional and asymmetric weapons, but MORE LIKELY than anyone else will actually use the nuclear weapons or offer it to their proxies to use.

What that means is, by Israel eliminating Iran’s nuclear capabilities, they are actually DE-ESCALATING or lowering the ceiling on future aggression.


15 posted on 10/02/2024 12:21:16 PM PDT by z3n (Kakistocracy)
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To: ChicagoConservative27

Who would believe Biden (or Harris) could think up the grown-up word “proportionately”?

Idea. Harris could say “As to Israel, at Mcdonalds, and I worked there and as some of you know I grew up in a middle class family, the company gave only what they deemed proportionate amounts of sauce with chicken mcnuggets——there were rules posted on how many sauce packets per size of meal orders. War should follow the same rules.”

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16 posted on 10/02/2024 12:21:59 PM PDT by frank ballenger (so then let us set up a last agonizing, bloodcurdling howl, a screech of defiance, a war whoop! )
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To: Fiji Hill

Bidenama considers Iran’s nuclear capability to be a Democrat asset.


17 posted on 10/02/2024 12:26:16 PM PDT by arthurus (covfefe nm)
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To: ChicagoConservative27
Biden desperately needs to read the memoirs of Chesty Puller.



18 posted on 10/02/2024 12:27:04 PM PDT by Candor7 (Ask not for whom the Trump Trolls,He trolls for thee!),<img src="" width=500</img><a href="">tag</a>)
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To: ChicagoConservative27

Proportionality would benefit Israel’s more populous enemies with bottomless funding from dictator regimes.


19 posted on 10/02/2024 12:27:53 PM PDT by Socon-Econ (adi)
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To: Fiji Hill

A “proportional” war is a contradiction in terms. Fight wars to win, or bug out in surrender. The enemy will not hope to understand the concept of “proportionality”.

This is not a college basketball contest, where the losers congratulate the winners and shake hands afterword.


20 posted on 10/02/2024 12:29:11 PM PDT by alloysteel (God favors the side with the heaviest artillery.)
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